AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-18-205, relative to extending the filing date from April 1, 1996 to May 7, 1996 for applicants to qualify for massage therapist licensure.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-18-205, is amended by adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated subsection:

( ) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary applicants attempting to qualify for massage therapist licensure must have made application and the verification must have been received in the board administrative office on or before May 7, 1996.

The provisions of this act shall apply only to applicants who are at least seventy-eight (78) years of age as of May 7, 1996.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.